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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 18:05:05 GMT -5
Wynonna Judd  Upon the retirement of The Judds in 1991, Wynonna went on to release her debut album in 1992. Simply titled Wynonna, the album went on to spawn three consecutive number one hits including "She Is His Only Need," "I Saw the Light," and "No One Else On Earth." The album has since gone on to sell over five million copies worldwide. Her second album, Tell Me Why, also went on to be certified platinum and included five consecutive top ten hits such as "Only Love," Is It Over Yet," "Rock Bottom," and the title track.
Wynonna would go on to win the ACM Female Vocalist of the Year in 1993 and also receive three Grammy nominations for Best Country Female Vocal Performance in 1993, 1994, and 1995. Wynonna released two additional albums, Revelations in 1996 and The Other Side in 1997, which included such hits as the #1 "To Be Loved By You," "Heaven Help My Heart," and "Come Some Rainy Day."
Selected for the rankdown is the 1994 top 10 hit "Girls With Guitars" which was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter. |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 18:44:38 GMT -5
Patty Loveless  Patty Loveless is our last remaining artist who was also featured in 80's Ladies. Patty rode into the 90's with the success of her second career No. 1 hit "Chains" from her album Honky Tonk Angel. She followed up with her third album On Down the Line which included the hits "I'm That Kind of Girl" and the title track. Patty's final album for MCA Records, 1991's Up Against My Heart, included the top ten hit "Hurt Me Bad (In A Real Good Way)." In 1992 Patty switched to Epic records and released her sixth album Only What I Feel which included the #1 hit "Blame It On Your Heart" and the top 3 "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye."
Patty released her critically acclaimed album When Fallen Angels Fly in late 1994 and would see all four of its singles reach the top 10. The album would go on to win the CMA Album of the Year in 1995 in which she was only the third woman in the history of the award to win. She followed that up with the successful The Trouble with the Truth which would also receive a nomination for CMA Album of the Year. In 1996, Patty would go on to win the CMA award for Female Vocalist of the Year and again receive a nomination in 1997 and 1998.
I'm happy to reveal that Pulse has voted for "You Can Feel Bad" as the song to highlight for Patty Loveless. |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 19:47:26 GMT -5
Alison Krauss  American bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss is our next female artist to be revealed! Signed to Rounder Records in 1987, she released her debut album Too Late to Cry with Union Station featured as her backup band. Krauss' second album with Union Station, Every Time You Say Goodbye, was released in 1992 and went on to win her a second Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album (she had previously won in 1991 for Best Bluegrass Recording). Alison would soon join the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 21 which was the youngest cast member at the time.
In 1994, Alison collaborated with the band Shenandoah on its single "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" which brought her to the top 10 of the country charts for the first time. The song would go on to win both of them the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocal in 1995. That same year Alison would go on to receive her first nomination and win the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year.
Alison and Union Station released So Long So Wrong in 1998 which again would win them three Grammy Awards for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ("Looking in the Eyes of Love"), Best Country Instrumental Performance ("Little Liza Jane"), and Best Bluegrass Album. She released her final solo album Forget About It in 1999 which included a cover of Shenandoah's "Ghost in This House" as well as the adult contemporary hit "Stay."
Selected for the rankdown is the Keith Whitley cover "When You Say Nothing At All" which Alison Krauss and Union Station took to the top 3 in 1995 and won the CMA Single of the Year. |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 4, 2018 20:00:26 GMT -5
Oh man, "When You Say Nothing At All" is just pure magic. I like the original version a lot, but Alison Krauss took it and elevated it even more.
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 20:38:17 GMT -5
Linda Davis  Linda Davis first moved to Nashville when she was 20 and formed the duo Skip & Linda. Together her and Skip Eaton charted three singles on the Billboard country charts. Davis released her first solo album In a Different Light in 1991 and produced two singles, although neither of them charted. She then released her self-titled album in 1991 in which shortly afterwards she would be selected as the backing vocalist for Reba McEntire's road band.
Linda later signed with Arista Nashville and released her album Shoot for the Moon which included the singles "Company Time" and "Love Didn't Do It." She released her second album for Arista titled Some Things Are Meant to Be which produced one top 15 single as well as the singles "A Love Story in the Making" and "Walk Away." Linda released I'm Yours in 1998 under DreamWorks Records which featured the top 20 single "I Wanna Remember This."
Linda's daughter, Hillary Scott, is one of the lead vocalists for the country group Lady Antebellum.
Selected for the rankdown is Linda's 1996 top 15 single "Some Things Are Meant to Be." |
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Post by someguy on Sept 4, 2018 20:51:24 GMT -5
This is going to be such a hard rankdown to do. So far, I want to put almost everything in my top 10, lol.
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 20:55:51 GMT -5
Reba McEntire & Linda Davis "Does He Love You" was released in 1993 as Reba's first single from her album Greatest Hits Volume Two. MCA Records initially wanted a more established country female artist such as Wynonna Judd or Trisha Yearwood for the duet, however Reba's backup vocalist in her road band Linda Davis was finally selected. The song would go on to be a #1 hit and win the Grammy award for Best Country Vocal Collaboration and a Country Music Association Award for Vocal Event of the Year.
Selected as the next song for the rankdown is "Does He Love You." |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 21:19:07 GMT -5
Trisha Yearwood  Trisha Yearwood rose to fame in 1991 when her debut single "She's In Love with the Boy" skyrocketed all the way to number one. She soon released her first self-titled album which included the follow-up hits "Like We Never Had A Broken Heart," "That's What I Like About You," and "The Woman Before Me." The album would go on to sell over two million copies. Her sophomore release Hearts in Armor was released the following year and released the no. 2 hit "Walkaway Joe" as well as the singles "Wrong Side of Memphis" and "Down on My Knees."
Trisha continued to release hit making albums throughout the mid 90's including The Song Remembers When and Thinkin' About You which both title tracks went on to be top two and #1 hits. Her next album, Everybody Knows, gave her another number one single with "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" as well as the #3 hit with the title track. She released her first hits compilation {Songbook} A Collection of Hits in 1997 which contained the Diane Warren-penned hit song "How Do I Live." Trisha would go on to win the CMA award for Female Vocalist of the Year in both 1997 and 1998.
Highlighted from Trisha's great 90's discography is her 1994 number one song "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)." |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 21:38:29 GMT -5
Faith Hill  Faith Hill released her successful debut album Take Me As I Am in 1993 which spawned two number one singles including the hit "Piece of My Heart." In early 1994 Faith would be awarded the ACM Top New Female Vocalist and be nominated for the CMA Horizon Award in both 1994 and 1995. Her sophomore release It Matters to Me was released in 1995 and produced four top 10 singles including "Let's Go To Vegas," "Someone Else's Dream," "You Can't Lose Me," and the Alan Jackson-penned song "I Can't Do This Anymore." Both of her first two albums have gone on to sell over eight million copies worldwide.
After a three-year break from recording, she released her 1998 album Faith which featured the #1 hits "This Kiss" and "Let Me Let Go" as well as the top 10 duet with husband Tim McGraw "Just To Hear You Say That You Love Me." The final single from the album "The Secret of Life" was released in spring of 1999 and went on to peak at number four. Faith would first be nominated for the CMA Female Vocalist of the Year in 1998 as well as in 1999.
Selected for the rankdown is Faith's debut single "Wild One" which went on to spend four weeks at number one. |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 21:46:49 GMT -5
For the last reveal of the night I'm going to take a moment to showcase one of the great singer-songwriters of the 90's that wrote many hits for other more established female country artists of the time.
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Post by someguy on Sept 4, 2018 21:50:32 GMT -5
For the last reveal of the night I'm going to take a moment to showcase one of the great singer-songwriters of the 90's that wrote many hits for other more established female country artists of the time. Matraca Berg? |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 21:55:06 GMT -5
Kim Richey Our first singer-songwriter to be showcased is the great Kim Richey. Kim released her self-titled debut album in 1995 in which she saw modest success with the first two singles. Trisha Yearwood would later cover one of those two singles "Those Words We Said" for her own album Thinkin' About You. Trisha would again record the Kim Richey-penned song "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" in 1996 which became Yearwood's fourth number one hit.
Other songs she has written include "Nobody Wins" with Radney Foster, "I'm Gone" by Cyndi Thomson, and "Every River" by Brooks & Dunn. There will be one additional song revealed later in the rankdown that Kim also wrote.
Selected for the rankdown is Kim's 1995 debut single "Just My Luck." |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 21:56:13 GMT -5
For the last reveal of the night I'm going to take a moment to showcase one of the great singer-songwriters of the 90's that wrote many hits for other more established female country artists of the time. Matraca Berg? Corrected that hint lol...but Matraca will also be featured later on in the rankdown :) |
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Post by tim on Sept 4, 2018 22:02:06 GMT -5
And just like that we are half way! I hope you all are enjoying the highlights so far and I'll continue with trying to knock out five songs each day until we get to 50 which will hopefully be by this Sunday.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 5, 2018 14:28:13 GMT -5
{Stop spoiling my '94 and '95 Country rankdowns!  }Just kidding. Love what you have so far. If anything, I'll let y'all have three months to get '94 done instead of four! |
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Post by tim on Sept 5, 2018 19:12:43 GMT -5
Terri Clark  Terri Clark is our third Canadian country music artist to be featured for the rankdown. Terri's self-titled debut album was released in 1995 alongside her first single "Better Things To Do" which wound up hitting the top 5 on the country charts. She followed that up with the top 3 hit "When Boy Meets Girl" and top ten hit "If I Were You." Clark's second album, Just the Same, included a cover of "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" which she also took to the top 5 as well as the top 10 single "Emotional Girl." Terri was asked to join George Strait's 1996 tour as his opening act and crisscrossed the States in further support of her sophomore release. She released her third album, How I Feel, in 1998 which included the top five lead single "Now That I've Found You" and her first American #1 hit "You're Easy on the Eyes." Terri joined up with Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn's 1998 tour as one of the opening acts alongside David Kersh.
Selected from Terri's string of hits is her 1995 debut top five hit "Better Things To Do." |
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Post by tim on Sept 5, 2018 19:26:21 GMT -5
Mandy Barnett Mandy Barnett first got her start as a teenager where she starred as country music legend Patsy Cline in the stage show “Always . . . Patsy Cline” at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. She signed with Asylum Records in the mid 90's and soon released her self-titled debut album in early 1996 which contained the minor hits "Maybe" and "A Simple I Love You." For Mandy's second album, I've Got a Right To Cry, she teamed up with famed producer Owen Bradley . Owen sadly passed away during the production of the album and Harold Bradley proceeded to assist Mandy in the finishing touches of the album.
Selected is Mandy's 1996 debut single "Now That's All Right With Me." |
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Post by tim on Sept 5, 2018 19:36:35 GMT -5
Bobbie Cryner Bobbie Cryner first debuted on Epic Records in 1993 with her selt-titled album that included a duet with Dwight Yoakam on "I Don't Care." She switched to MCA Records in 1995 and released her second album, Girl of Your Dreams, which was produced by Tony Brown. The first single "I Just Can't Stand to be Unhappy" was a minor hit.
Bobbie has continued writing songs for other artists including Trisha Yearwood's "Real Live Woman," Suzy Bogguss's "Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt," and Lee Ann Womack's "Stronger Than I Am."
Selected for the rankdown is her 1996 single "You'd Think He'd Know Me Better." |
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Post by tim on Sept 5, 2018 20:20:24 GMT -5
Mila Mason Mila Mason debuted in 1996 with her album That's Enough of That of which it produced three hit singles including the Top 20 title track. Mason's second album, Strong Enough, was released in 1998 and spawned the minor hit "Closer to Heaven." Mila was frustrated by the direction of her career and decided to pursue her other passion of songwriting which included co-writing Mindy McCready's single "Maybe, Maybe Not."
Selected for the rankdown is Mila's second single from 1997 and a personal favorite of mine "Dark Horse." |
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Post by tim on Sept 5, 2018 20:54:18 GMT -5
Mindy McCready  Mindy McCready moved to Nashville at the age of 18 and shortly after signed to BNA Records. She released her debut album, Ten Thousand Angels, in 1996 and produced four hit singles including the title track, "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now," and "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)”. The album would go on to sell over two million copies. Mindy released her second album, If I Don't Stay The Night, in 1998 which spawned three singles including the hits "What If I Do" and "The Other Side of This Kiss". In 1999, Mindy released her third album I'm Not So Tough but the first single "All I Want Is Everything" failed to make the top 50.
During the decade that would follow Mindy suffered quite a few personal setbacks resulting from substance abuse and multiple legal issues. She sadly passed away from suicide in February 2013 at her home in Arkansas.
In memory of Mindy I've selected two songs to highlight from her career including her first and only number one hit "Guys Do It All the Time" as well as her last top 20 hit "You'll Never Know". |
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Post by tim on Sept 5, 2018 21:23:06 GMT -5
LeAnn Rimes  LeAnn Rimes was discovered by Dallas disc jockey Bill Mack who developed and worked with her in the early 90's. LeAnn recorded the independent album All That which soon got the attention of Mike Curb. He later signed her to his label and released the debut album Blue in 1996. The title track would go on to reach the top 10 while the album sold over 120,000 copies in its first week and going on to sell over eight million copies worldwide. The albums other hits included the top 5 "The Light in Your Eyes." In 1997 at 14 years old she became the youngest person to win a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Blue". That same year she also won the CMA's Horizon Award.
LeAnn continued to release platinum selling albums in the late 90's including You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, Sittin' on Top of the World, and the self-titled album in 1999 which included covers of country classics. The singles "On the Side of Angels" and "Commitment" would both reach the top 5 while "Big Deal" would reach the top 10. Rimes recorded and released the Diane Warren-penned song "How Do I Live" in 1997 which would go on to spend over 60 weeks in the US Top 40. Billboard Magazine would later rank the song as the most successful single of the 1990s.
Highlighted from LeAnn's early career is her first and only country #1 hit from 1996 ""One Way Ticket (Because I Can)". |
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 5, 2018 21:45:48 GMT -5
Man, this rankdown is stacked as expected.  |
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 18:15:34 GMT -5
Lila McCann Lila McCann first got her start singing in small venues around her hometown in Washington. Her independently recorded song "Down Came a Blackbird" was discovered by the president of Asylum Records who signed her to a recording contract in 1997. "Down Came a Blackbird" was then issued as the lead single from her album Lila and went on to peak just inside the Top 30. Her debut album would go on to sell over a million copies and be certified platinum. Lila released her second album Something in the Air in 1999 and released the lead single "With You" which would end up being her final top 10 hit at country radio. Lila currently resides in Nashville and operates a photography business.
Selected for the rankdown is Lila's 1997 top 3 single "I Wanna Fall in Love". |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 6, 2018 18:22:05 GMT -5
Forgot to mention this, but had I participated in the '97 Country rankdown, OWT would've been my #1.
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 18:34:13 GMT -5
Sherrié Austin Sherrié Austin is our first Australian singer to be highlighted for the rankdown. She first got her start at the age of 14 opening for Johnny Cash in Australia and later moved to the United States to pursue acting. Sherrié then moved to Nashville where she soon signed with Arista Nashville and released her debut album Words in 1997. The album produced two Top 40 Singles including "Put Your Heart into It". Her second and final album for Arista was 1999's Love in the Real World which was led off with the Top 30 single "Never Been Kissed." Austin would later move to New York City in 2005 and starred in productions for Bonnie & Clyde as well as Ring Of Fire – The Johnny Cash Musical Show[.
Sherrié has a handful of co-writes to her credit including Danielle Peck's 2007 single "Bad for Me" and "Where Have I Been All My Life" from George Strait's album Twang.
Highlighted from her discography is Sherrié's 1997 debut single "Lucky in Love". |
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 18:54:44 GMT -5
Chely Wright Chely Wright grew up in a musical family in Kansas where she learned to play the piano and later worked as a performing musician in Branson, Missouri. Immediately after high school she moved to Nashville and worked on a production at Opryland USA where she would soon catch the attention of Harold Sheed who was the head of Mercury Records. She released her debut album Woman in the Moon i 1994 and would be named Top New Female Vocalist at the ACM's 1995 awards. Chely moved to MCA Records and released her third album Let Me In which included the hit single "Shut Up and Drive" as well as the Top 40 hits "Just Another Heartache" and "I Already Do". In 1999 she released her fourth album, Single White Female, which included the top 15 hit "It Was" and the poignant "She Went Out for Cigarettes."
Included for the rankdown is Chely's first and only #1 hit "Single White Female". |
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 19:06:27 GMT -5
The Kinleys The Kinleys is our second female country music duo to be featured. From Pennsylvania, the twins moved to Nashville at the age of 19 and would later catch the attention of talent scouts and were signed to Epic Records. Their gold ceritified debut album Just Between You and Me was released in 1997 and produced one top ten hit as well as the Top 50 singles "Dance in the Boat" and "You Make It Seem So Easy". Buoyed by their debut success the ACM would name them the Top New Vocal Duo or Group in 1998 as well as receiving four consecutive CMA nominations for Vocal Duo of the Year from 1998-2001. They released their second album II in 2000 which included the Top 40 hits "She Ain't the Girl for You" and "I'm In."
Selected for the rankdown is their hit debut single "Please" which peaked at #7. |
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 19:18:06 GMT -5
Forgot to mention this, but had I participated in the '97 Country rankdown, OWT would've been my #1. I missed out on the '97 rankdown as well and if there's one rankdown we could go bring back again at a later time it would be this one! I'm not sure what I would've ranked #1 but I'm pretty sure it would've been the eventual winner "Carrying Your Love With Me." "One Way Ticket" likely would've been somewhere in my top 5 for sure. |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Sept 6, 2018 19:27:31 GMT -5
Forgot to mention this, but had I participated in the '97 Country rankdown, OWT would've been my #1. I missed out on the '97 rankdown as well and if there's one rankdown we could go bring back again at a later time it would be this one! I'm not sure what I would've ranked #1 but I'm pretty sure it would've been the eventual winner "Carrying Your Love With Me." "One Way Ticket" likely would've been somewhere in my top 5 for sure. I kind of would like to redo that one as well since it was my first rankdown that ever hosted. If everyone wants it maybe I can do it next summer which would be 2 years after I originally did it |
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Post by tim on Sept 6, 2018 19:28:08 GMT -5
I missed out on the '97 rankdown as well and if there's one rankdown we could go bring back again at a later time it would be this one! I'm not sure what I would've ranked #1 but I'm pretty sure it would've been the eventual winner "Carrying Your Love With Me." "One Way Ticket" likely would've been somewhere in my top 5 for sure. I kind of would like to redo that one as well since it was my first rankdown that ever hosted. If everyone wants it maybe I can do it next summer which would be 2 years after I originally did it YES! |
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